Electrocatalysis for CO 2 conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

G Wang, J Chen, Y Ding, P Cai, L Yi, Y Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The continuously increasing CO2 released from human activities poses a great threat to
human survival by fluctuating global climate and disturbing carbon balance among the four …

Recent progress of vacancy engineering for electrochemical energy conversion related applications

Z Wu, Y Zhao, W Jin, B Jia, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient electrocatalysts are key requirements for the development of ecofriendly
electrochemical energy‐related technologies and devices. It is widely recognized that the …

Nano-crumples induced Sn-Bi bimetallic interface pattern with moderate electron bank for highly efficient CO2 electroreduction

B Ren, G Wen, R Gao, D Luo, Z Zhang, W Qiu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
CO2 electroreduction reaction offers an attractive approach to global carbon neutrality.
Industrial CO2 electrolysis towards formate requires stepped-up current densities, which is …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Enabling storage and utilization of low-carbon electricity: power to formic acid

S Chatterjee, I Dutta, Y Lum, Z Lai… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Formic acid has been proposed as a hydrogen energy carrier because of its many desirable
properties, such as low toxicity and flammability, and a high volumetric hydrogen storage …

Heterogeneous lamellar-edged Fe-Ni(OH)2/Ni3S2 nanoarray for efficient and stable seawater oxidation

B Cui, Z Hu, C Liu, S Liu, F Chen, S Hu, J Zhang… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Development of efficient non-precious catalysts for seawater electrolysis is of great
significance but challenging due to the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) …

Liquid metals: an ideal platform for the synthesis of two-dimensional materials

P Aukarasereenont, A Goff, CK Nguyen… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The surfaces of liquid metals can serve as a platform to synthesise two-dimensional
materials. By exploiting the self-limiting Cabrera-Mott oxidation reaction that takes place at …

Large‐Area Vertically Aligned Bismuthene Nanosheet Arrays from Galvanic Replacement Reaction for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Conversion

J Fan, X Zhao, X Mao, J Xu, N Han, H Yang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is a lack of straightforward methods to prepare high‐quality bismuthene nanosheets,
or, even more challengingly, to grow their arrays due to the low melting point and high …

Defective Metal Oxides: Lessons from CO2RR and Applications in NOxRR

TS Bui, EC Lovell, R Daiyan, R Amal - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sluggish reaction kinetics and the undesired side reactions (hydrogen evolution reaction
and self‐reduction) are the main bottlenecks of electrochemical conversion reactions, such …

Liquid metals in catalysis for energy applications

K Zuraiqi, A Zavabeti, FM Allioux, J Tang, CK Nguyen… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
To keep up with the fast-paced transitioning of the global energy sector, which is constantly
thriving to enable reliable, economic, and sustainable energy production, catalysis research …